Every Spring I feel like there is a grand conspiracy against churches. I really don’t believe in conspiracy theories but whenever daylight savings comes around you have to wonder why this is always done on Sunday. Or done at all. The theory being that Daylight Savings Time saves energy, cuts down on accidents and at least in the Fall gives us another hour of sleep. Truth it does none of these things because the energy saved is less than one percent because we still have to burn what we save at night in the morning, the results are inconclusive about accidents and we lose that hour gained of sleep every Spring.

Truth is Daylight Saving Time actually only accomplishes three things: 1) It throws of our sleep patterns thus undercutting good health, 2) It is an annoyance and 3) It causes preachers to bite their nails for morning worship wondering if their flock remembered even though you remind them seven times in the weeks leading up to it. In any case it was the only real thing that threatened the peace of the Rabyd Spirit this week.

Leadership – Joining a political party was something I thought would have more fanfare – so far no response communication. Well we will see what this week brings.

Ministry – Good week except for Daylight Savings Time. 😉

Celebration – My birthday creeps closer. The only thing to celebrate really and not a milestone year really.

Spiritual Disciplines – I feel very better about this area of my life. My lifting sessions and meditation and prayer seem to blend very well right now. With yoga being added there may be even more of this.

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I was thankful this morning that my alarm clock was smarter that me, because it automatically set itself forward during the night. Frankly, if anyone ever told me that this was the day to change the clocks, it must have gone in one ear and out the other. When I looked at the calendar, it still had the February page showing. When I turned the March page up, the note that today begins daylight savings time was so small I needed a magnifying glass to read it. I went to bed by the old time and woke up by the new time.

It takes me two hours after I wake up before I am awake enough to be safe out on the road, so I would have been in a world of hurt trying to accomplish two hours worth of waking up in one hour.

It is nice to have that extra hour of daylight in the evening because I am not a morning person anyway. If I am going out in the evening, it is nice to be able to do it in daylight, even if I have to drive home after dark. Only having one eye is a pain when I have to drive at night.